ECG-gated emission computed tomography of the cardiac blood pool

Radiology. 1980 Jan;134(1):233-5. doi: 10.1148/radiology.134.1.6965325.

Abstract

ECG-gated cross-sectional images of the cardiac blood pool were produced using a specially constructed emission computed tomographic scanner. A pair of large-field-of-view cameras were mounted in opposition in a gantry that rotates 360 degrees about the patient. The coordinates of each detected event, the output of a physiological synchronizer, and the position of the camera heads were input to a dedicated minicomputer which was used to produce the images. Display as a movie permitted evaluation of regional and global wall motion in cross section without the disadvantages of superimposed blood pools as obtained in nontomographic views.

MeSH terms

  • Electrocardiography*
  • Female
  • Heart / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Contraction
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed / instrumentation
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed / methods*